Titans penalize themselves

Titans Coach Jeff Fisher dangled the carrot in front of his team prior to Friday’s game against the Cowboys: reduce penalties and training camp would be cut short.

“I would have given them a couple of evenings off, yes,’’ Fisher said. “The over-under was five. We had seven. But there was four or five declined.”

The Titans were penalized for 54 yards in the 30-10 loss. They had seven penalties for 68 yards in the Tampa Bay game and 14 for 132 in the Buffalo game.

“Penalties came down,’’ Fisher said. “There were some that were unnecessary and we had some that I disagreed with. We had a couple of holds that I really didn’t want to see called. We had a couple on special teams that were unnecessary.’’